Stories

Student Voice

Why Stop With One Wall, Mr. President? We Students Have an Idea That You'll Love

Mr. President, we heard that Mexico won't pay for your wall. Well, we have another suggestion. As high school students across the nation begin to speak out against gun violence and broken laws, we...

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Teaching

We're Just Hoping All These Active Shooter Drills Don't Become Reality in Our Schools

The glue gun was heating up in the corner to affix the last popsicle stick on the fifth grader’s biomimicry project. “Bio” means life and “mimicry” means imitate so students were creating inventions...

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Teaching

Stop It With the Arming Teachers BS

Hi, gun advocates, teacher here. We need to talk. Stop with the arming teachers BS. Stop it. Really. There are so many things wrong with that line of thinking. The argument that school staff need...

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Teaching

How About This, Mr. President? Arm Yourself With Some Decency

Do I really have to explain why I shouldn’t have a gun in my classroom? Is this who we are? Is this how far down the rabbit hole we’ve fallen? How about this first, Mr. President. #ArmYourself with...

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Teaching

No Thanks, Mr. President. I Will Never Carry a Gun to School.

President Trump, I heard about your offer to allow teachers to carry guns in schools. You even offered us training to be an expert in the use of them, and we will get a bonus, too! That is a first...

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Politics

My Hands Will Ache and My Voice Will Shake, But I'll Be the Change That Helps Protect My Students

This week I came back to work after a five-day break. My 116 high school students should have been returning from a long weekend filled with too much sugar, trips to the movie theater and...

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